2001 Bumper Differences

[int3man]

Hi All,

          How Screwed am I?  So the P.O. coated the front bumper and rear bumper with bed liner, and oh Yea he coated the grill as well.  He thought that it looked great.  I bought the truck knowing that they bolt on.  That said I came home with Stock Front and Rear Bumpers for $200.  I was cleaning the front bumper prior to installation when I noticed that the lower front cut out was full rectangular.  My bumper has a round hole for the Fog lights.  So Crap now what?  Also I have seen ads for year conversion bumper brackets (Gen 3 for Gen 2 trucks?), has anyone put a later bumper on?

 

Yes it is 3D, with texture.  The good news is that you don't slip off the front bumper kneeling on it to work on the motor.  Nor do you work on the motor in Shorts, unless you want to be a Blood Donor.  If anyone wants some straight BLACK Bumpers I'm your man.

 

Thanks Michael

 

P.S.  Just to make sure I was paying attention he coated the Rubber pads on the rear bumper.  You can't make this stuff up, Honest!

[kzimmer]

Looks great, I'm planning on bedlining my bumpers as well. However, my whole truck is bedlined, haha.

Edited February 8, 2019 by kzimmer
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[int3man]

That's because you have access to all that good Canadian Beer!!  At least take the rubber pads off the rear bumper before you do.

 

Michael

[kzimmer]

Haha, maybe so, but I like American whisky better than Canadian whisky!

 

I'm gonna be honest. I left the plastic pieces on my tailgate. I decided to give it a shot to see what happened, could always strip it off and do it again. To my surprise it sealed up perfect and kept the detailed look. Just lost the color contrast I suppose. But... A bumper, being stepped on, I don't know...

[int3man]

A ***** to clean with all the crevasses in there but you can probably just pressure wash the whole mess.

 

Got asked the last time up, Why I was coming to Canada, I replied for a decent Beer.  He saw I was originally from Ottawa and let me in anyways.

 

Michael

[dripley]

The cut outs in my bumper are rectangular also. The plastic inserts behind the bumper have the round holes for the fog lights. This is for a non Sport bumper. Not sure what the sport bumper is like.

 

On a different note, I like either Canadian or American whiskey when some ine else is buying. 

[int3man]

So I might be able to remove them and the fog lamps.  O.K.  I'll look.  

 

Thanks

Michael

[Haggar]

not all trucks came with fog lights.

 

Pretty sure the bumper is exactly the same, but the plastic pieces that bolt into the rectangular holes is different.

 

Looks like LNJ was the code for "with foglights"

[int3man]

Perfect, Thank you for that Drawing that is what I needed to know!

 

Michael